PSY100H1 Chapter 9: chapter 9
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* motivation: factors that energize, direct or sustain behavior. * motivation states are : energizing in that they activate or arouse behaviors. Ex) the desire for fitness might motivate you to get up early and go for a jogging: directive: guide behaviors toward satisfying specific goals or needs. Ex) hunger motivates you to eat: to persist in their behavior until goals are achieved or needs are satisfied. Ex) hunger gnaws at you until you find something to eat: motives differ in strength, depending on both internal and external factors. * need: state of biological or social deficiencies within the body. * maslow"s hierarchy: physiological needs: food, shelter, clothes, water, safety: insurance, guards, belonging and love: relationship with friends, fianc s, esteem: self-esteem, confidence, self-actualization: occurs when someone achieves his personal dreams and aspirations. He is truly happy. (difficult to measure and define precisely) more useful at the descriptive level than at the empirical level.
